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barbara.gregory
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 Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 09:53:30 AM
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Hi Wyllow
I think you should go by your gut instinct; it is usually right for you. I didn't want to sell the gelding but kept being badger to do so. In the end I couldn't do it and here he still is. I also think you often know the right horse to buy when you see it. I love SEs and have seen some nice ones that just weren't for me, when I looked at them they didn't click!
It must be awful to sell a horse and have something bad happen to it and although it is not your fault I know I would blame myself. However, we have to move on and learn by the bad as well as the good. I know if I want to breed a few more foals I have to sell, I can't keep them all but it is really hard.
I just hope that I don't have that awful experience of something of mine going to a bad home in a few years.
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suyents
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 09:57:21 AM
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Hi Wyllow,
Although some people think of me as a "breeder" i have only ever sold my horses due to financial necessity...given them away too sometimes...Had i not left cornwall and divorced my husband i would probably still have over twenty horses!! as it is, it takes me years to come to terms with selling "friends" so i try to make certain they go to the right home for both the new owner and the horse...Those i have sold though have, for the most part, caused me no misgivings afterwards. However, i cant see myself creating any more little lives, there are just so many arabs out there already in need of caring owners.
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Wyllow
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 6:11:44 PM
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Barbara, I think that's so often the cae ~ you just "know" on sight whether a horse is right for you...and the following examination...trial...etc usually goes to back up your original gut feelings.
suyen, I know what it's like to spend time making sure a horse goes to the right place. When I took on the big ID fellow as a favour to a friend, I didn't know if he'd stay or go...but knew that if we did not make an ideal partnership, he'd be going and that this may cause a problem. As it was, it was worth the wait to find him a good home and I do get a lot of satisfaction seeing how marvellously he has come on.
When I went to deliver a portrait to the yard where he now lives last week, I went to say hello to him and I have to say, although it made me remember just what a lovely horse he is, it made me happy to see him looking so fit, well and contented. It's also made me happy to hear how his owner is progressing with him ~ yes, the match had to be made for both horse and owner...and I think when you can help to put the right horse and person together, it does actually make you feel good for both of them.
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